{"id":1053,"date":"2012-08-16T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T00:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2013-07-10T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T22:38:52","slug":"randy-wells-photography-classic-porsche-automotive-travel-music-video-reviews-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/randywells-2195s1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/randywells-2195s1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Copyright Randy Wells. No Rights Granted Without Authorization.\" width=\"330\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/randywells-2195s1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/randywells-2195s1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VACATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Vacation.<\/em> From the Latin word vacatio, meaning freedom or exemption. A restful respite. A period of exemption from the world. A soulfully fulfilling experience of freedom. <\/p>\n<p>An island in Washington state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s South Puget Sound holds a recluse that my wife and I can escape to for a couple of days every month. Once or twice a year we spend two or more weeks at a time there. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just back from one of those longer stays &#8211; a much needed one. On this secluded waterfront property sits a small log cabin among 100 year-old trees just above a long sandy beach where I keep our 9 foot Livingston skiff with 15hp motor. Also have a sailboat there, a Hobie 14 I&#8217;ve owned since 1975. My vacation is becoming something of a distant memory far too quickly &#8211; one that feels achingly familiar.<\/p>\n<p>I know what heaven is, and I want to go back.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"340\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tJf-uVfoFY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Love this raucous video from France. Gotta get back in shape and start sailing my catamaran again:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"340\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsJLPdPQBbo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VACATION Vacation. From the Latin word vacatio, meaning freedom or exemption. A restful respite. A period of exemption from the world. A soulfully fulfilling experience of freedom. An island in Washington state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s South Puget Sound holds a recluse that my wife and I can escape to for a couple of days every month. Once or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=1053\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[5,8,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3678,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/3678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}